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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the conference for the International Psychological Association being held?

2. Who observes Algernon in his old maze when Charlie returns him to the lab?

3. How many people are housed at the Warren State Home and Training School?

4. Where did Norma think his brother was before she was contacted about the surgery?

5. What does Ms. Kinnian teach Charlie about after she reads his Progress Reports?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Charlie say about the failure of this experiment done on him?

2. What prank do the guys at the bakery try to play on Charlie on April Fool's Day?

3. What did Charlie want to have happen as he ran away from the angry mob in the park after a woman came on to him?

4. What does Professor Nemur say at the conference in Chicago that upsets Charlie?

5. Why is Charlie unable to be physically intimate with Alice?

6. What flash-back memory does Charlie have on his plane ride to Chicago?

7. What is Professor Nemur most upset about when Charlie returns to the lab after living in his own apartment?

8. How does Fanny think Charlie came about his intelligence?

9. Why did Charlie allow himself to soil himself when he was younger?

10. What happens when Algernon is put back into his original maze when he and Charlie return to the lab?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Competition and fair-play is a major theme that is found in many different scenes of this book. What are some of those scenes, and what affect do they have on the course of the plot?

Essay Topic 2

This book takes place in a few different settings. Describe some of these settings and how they affect the course of the plot. Why might Daniel Keyes have chosen these particular places for this plot to take place?

Essay Topic 3

Professor Nemur is a minor character whose presence makes a big difference in the plot. How does he accomplish this? What are some ways that his presence, however brief, alters the outcome of the plot? What would have happened differently if Nemur had not been in the book at all?

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